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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They had two communication systems. They had the text messaging and an automated "ping" that went every 15 minutes. Both stopped suddenly at 1:45.

Quote from apnews

"There are only two things that could mean. Either they lost all power or the ship developed a hull breach and it imploded instantly."

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I can't get any of the links recommended in the sidebar to work correctly, but we're over at kbin.social/m/BostonTerrier

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not arguing on Fahrenheit's behalf or saying it IS more precise. I just said it "feels" more precise because you have finer increments in whole numbers. 70 degrees F is about 21 degrees C while 90 degrees F is about 32 degrees. 20 degrees of increment in F versus 12 in C which feels more precise. It's the same way metric length measurements feel more precise because there are whole number millimeters rather than fractional inches.

I have no strong opinion any one way, other than I feel like everyone should endeavor to be comfortable converting between various systems of measurement.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I like to refer to them as Freedom units and Communist units (in jest, obviously). I will say, though, that Fahrenheit feels like a more precise scale for measuring temperature even if the units are goofy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I started https://kbin.social/m/BostonTerrier and I'm trying to post multiple times a week, but it's difficult sort of throwing things into the void. Plus, I only have two dogs!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I work in industrial sales (conveyor belting) and we are not slowing down. Most of 2021 and last year was the distribution center expansion boom which has slowed, but now we're seeing big expansion projects in multiple areas, especially food, and we're seeing new manufacturing construction. Despite media reports of a looming recession and layoffs, there is tremendous optimism in the industrial space right now. Everyone is hiring and complaining about not being able to find workers. They're still offering low starting wages, for the most part, but I'm starting to see movement on that front as well. I think the next decade is going to be heavily shaped by the "reshoring" movement and it would be nice to see the US have a robust manufacturing sector again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry for your loss. I know saying goodbye is painful. We lost two of our dogs in the last year, aged 13 and 14, and it still feels like there's an empty place where they belong.

You gave him love and he loved you in return and that makes the whole thing worth it. He is beautiful. Thank you for sharing him with us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same here. I walked away from Reddit and, while I understand that people are going through an adjustment, the obsession with monitoring Reddit from here and constantly talking about it is a little weird. I do think some of the creative things mods are doing is funny, though, so maybe I'm part of the problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, I guess from their side they send a craft and it just...never comes back?

 

Recent claims by an ex-US intelligence agency whistleblower about alien spacecraft landings have been met with scepticism by scientists – not least over the galactic visitors’ driving skills

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's a dopamine hit. That's why you did it. I'm finding myself reading whole news articles instead of the first paragraph and then two pages of other people's comments about it, so that's probably good for my overall mental health.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mr Trusty sounds like a lawyer from the Simpsons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I have an elderly dog (Boston Terrier) that eats wet food only and can't eat chicken or grain. Her food is currently costing me about $200 a month. It's rough. I mean, worth it because she's amazing and I want her around as long as possible, but it's rough and I am lucky that I can afford it at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How in the world is this of any value for the FBI? WTF?

 

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Ukraine in a delegation of African leaders and senior officials seeking ways to end Kyiv’s 15-month war with Russia. Ramaphosa’s press service said he was met Friday by a Ukrainian special envoy and South Africa’s ambassador at a rail station near Bucha. That's the Kyiv suburb where bodies of civilians lay scattered in the streets following Russian forces’ withdrawal last spring. The African delegation includes senior officials from Zambia, Senegal, Uganda, Egypt, the Republic of the Congo and the Comoro Islands. Ramaphosa said last month that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to separate meetings with the delegation.

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